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Monday, July 7, 2008

Fish Poop, Too

Did you know that fish poop?

I totally didn't know that! I mean, I've never really seen anything come out of a fish. I guess I just thought that those food flakes were so highly nutritious that they absorbed every last little bit.

But now I know that fish poop. And so does Gabi. Oh, and Gilberto and my mom, because I believe in spreading knowledge. And probably the neighbors, because when I saw what I saw, I yelled very loudly in my astonishment, right next to the open patio door.

Me: Gabi! Hurry, get over here! Look! Goldy's pooping!

Gabi: How do you know?

Me: Look at her bottom. See the poop getting pushed out?

Gabi: Yeah! Wow! She's really pooping!

Me: Oh, more is coming out! It's just hanging there! I wonder when it will fall off. Isn't this fun?

Gabi: Yeah. Watching Goldy's poop fall off is fun!

Hey, at least I was able to share my excitement with someone who understands.

I can't exactly go to the office and say I discovered that fish poop by watching it in action. I don't think I'd get a lot of high fives with that little bit of information about how my weekend went.

We watched as Tiara also pooped, and then thought it'd be fun to go around the tank and try to identify more droppings. And based on what we found, those little buggers poop a lot.

Am I going to have to clean that up? Or will the feeder fish do that for me? If not, are there poop eating fish? Or little poop cleaning sea worms? Or something? Because I am just not going to be able to deal with that water when cleaning time comes knowing that there is fish poop fermenting in it.

One thing's for sure, those fish are NOT starving. Based on all the poop, they are probably getting overfed. Leave it to me to pick the fish with the eating disorders. I've fallen for their frantic begging for the last time.

12 comments:

Congratulations on your new pets! That is hilarious that Gabi equates her daddy with Banana and named the fish that. Love it! And isn't it amazing that when you have kids, the topic always comes back to poop? Why is that, anyway?

Speaking of poop....I went to see Wall-E with my friend and her almost 3 year old this weekend. Her son Justus chooses one of the few quiet moments in the movie to announce "Mommy, I'm poopy!" I'm sure the older gentleman in front of him was thinking "oooh Great!!" Honestly, that was the best part of the movie.

So this post is hilarious. Isn't it funny how bodily functions can be so darn interesting? Sorry to see that the fish are dying off. We've never been very good at keeping them alive, although, we've never been very good at cleaning the tank often either.

fish stories crack me up...my friend Rachel (at Five of Green) has recently had many fish deaths and they are causing me to burst into laughter at every post of another fish croaking...her kids are not laughing and won't let her take photos of the burials for her blog any more. hahaha

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Navigating life with a Brasilian husband, two kids, a live-in mom, fibromyalgia, and all the crazy that comes along. I'm an Attachment Parenting mom, and into organic/green living (hey, I grew up in Oregon, you can never really leave the granola behind).